First day of air-traffic control strike grounds 45 planes in Spain
Friday, January 31, 2014 @ 4:00 PM
A TOTAL of 45 flights heading to or from Spain had been cancelled by 10.00hrs yesterday (Thursday) morning at the start of the second day of the Europe-wide air-traffic control strike.
Although Spain has not joined the strike – because the international union did not give enough notice to enable them to do so without breaking Spanish law – with air-traffic controllers having downed tools across most of western and central Europe, planes had to divert to cross Spanish air-space or even land in airports in the country, leading to congestion.
France, Italy and Portugal continued the strike yesterday, although another eight countries' air-traffic control service was only out of action on Wednesday, but as yet the number of flights delayed or cancelled yesterday has not been revealed.
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